Skid attachment for containers



B. M. WILLIAMS ET AL SKID ATTACHMENT FOR ccn'mimms' Aug. 22, 1939.

Filed Oct. 10, 1938 77/5/12 4r roe/V5 rs.

WWW/WW /////////////WW I Patented Aug. 22, 1939 snrn ATTACHMENT FORCONTAINERS Benjamin M. Williams and Joseph C. Thompson,

St. Louis, Mo., assignors to Gaylord Container Corporation, St.Louis,,Mo., a corporation of Maryland Application October 10,

4 Claims.

Our invention relates to containers, being particularly adapted for .usewith fiber board containers of the typeshown in Fallert Patent No.2,022,191 dated November 26, 1935.- The invention has for its principalobject a skidattachment for such containers that will facilitatemovement of the containers along a surface, that will minimize wear onthe bottom of the container and that will raise the bottom of thecontainer slightly above the floor, thereby minimizing deterioration dueto water or other substances on the floor.

The invention consists principally in a skid attachment for suchcontainers comprising a pair of runners extending along the bottom ofthe box and having upturned ends welded or otherwise secured totransverse strips whose end portions extend into recesses at the edgesof the box, as those provided between the end walls of the container andside flaps that arebent thereover. The invention further consists in theskid attachment for containers and in the parts and combinations andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

5 In the accompanyingdrawing- Fig. 1 is -a top plan view'of a skidattachment for containers embodying my invention,

1 Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a container having one of said skidattachments, one corner of the container being broken away and,

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of said container.

Among recognized disadvantages of the fiber board and corrugated boardcontainers now commonly used for bottled beer and the like are the rapidwear of the bottoms of the containers due to movement thereof along aflo'or, a conveyor or some other surface and deterioration due to wateror other substances on the floor attacking the bottoms of thecontainers. The present in vention is concerned with avoiding both ofthese disadvantages, facilitating movement of the containers andgenerally increasing the strength and durability of the container.

The drawing illustrates a container of the kind shown in Fallert PatentNo. 2,022,191. Said container includes .a bottom I, having end flanges2, sides 3 having end flanges 4, and two cover members 5 all made in onepiece, and separate end members 6 to which are secured, as by staples I,the marginal flanges 2 and 4, respectively, .of the bottom I and sides3. Each bottom flange 2 is secured directly against an end wall 6 and Vthe side flanges 4 are bent over the bottom flanges 1938, Serial No.234,132

2 and are secured thereto and also to the end walls. By this arrangementa small space may be left between the side flanges 4 and the end walls 6just above the bottom flanges 2.

The present invention is concerned with a skid or runner attachment forsuch a box. Said'attachment includes longitudinal runner members 8 ofround wire or other suitable material extending the length of the bottomof the box and having upturned end portions 9 extending slightly abovethe upper edges of the bottom flanges 2. Preferably the connection l0between the body portionsof the runners and the upturned end portion isa curved portion so as to avoid a sharp corner that might damage thecontainer or anything against which said corner might be pushed.

Secured to the upper portions of theupturned ends 9 of the runnermembers 8, as by a weld II, are securing strips 12. These strips l2 arepreferably disposed across the inner faces of said end portions 9 andrest against the upper edges of said bottom flanges 2, the ends of saidstrips I2 extending under the side flanges 4 into the spaces betweenthem andthe end walls 6 of the container.

The above arrangement provides runners which greatly facilitate themovement of the container along a floor, a conveyor or other surface.The heavy round wire runners illustrated raise the bottom of thecontainer slightly above the floor so as to prevent deterioration of thebottom of the container due to contact with water or the like. Theattachment is firmly held and positioned by reason of the engagement ofthe securing strips with the bottom flanges and the pocketing of theends of said securing strips and t e container is effectively bracedagainst wearing. Stacking of containers is facilitated and the load ofthe contents is better distributed by the use of I the skid attachment.The skid attachment will obviously outwear a single cone tainer and maybe used over and over again.

Obviously numerous changes may be made without departing from theinvention and we do not wish to be limited to the precise constructionshown.

What we claim is:

1. A skid attachment for containers having end walls and side flangesoverlapping said end walls and secured thereto, said'skid attachmentcomprising runners having upturned end portions and transverse stripssecured to said end portions and long enough that their ends extend intospaces between said end walls and flanges.

- said bottom and having upturned end portions and strips secured tosaid end portions with their ends extending into spaces between said endwalls and said side wall flanges.

3. In combination with a container having end walls, side walls, abottom and flanges on said side walls and bottom overlapping said endwalls and secured thereto, a skid attachment comprising runnersextending from end to end of said bottom and having upturned endportions and strips welded to said end portions with their endsextending into spaces between said end walls and said side wall flanges.

4. In combination with a container having end walls, side walls, abottom and flanges on said side walls and bottom overlapping said endwalls and-secured thereto, said side flanges overlapping said bottomflanges, a skid attachment comprising runners extending from end to endof the bottom of said container and having upturned end portions andstrips secured to said end portions, said strips resting on the upperedges of the respective bottom flanges and the ends thereof extendinginto spaces between said end walls and said side wall flanges.

BENJAMIN M. wILuAMs. JOSEPH c. THOMPSON.

